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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1907
Page
3
Chas W Bowman 4th M M Cav writes from Lanham Maryland praising Peruna for curing a severe cold in forty eight hours and notes his family also uses it. He mentions distrust of patent medicines but calls it a plain duty to share experience and recommends to friends. Alma nac for 1907.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt shows a capitalist weighing large gifts to two competing committees. He muses that $5,000 to each would cancel out the impact, and contemplates $10,000 to buy the kind of automobile he has in mind.
Captain J W Hogan of Indianola now Austin Texas says years of kidney trouble caused pain weakness and poor eyesight. After trying many climates he used Donn's Kidney Pills and claims complete recovery and restored eyesight. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A reader presents a personal diary note about a list of read books. The entry explains markings for rereads and honesty codes, with digressions on royal heights and a St Patrick’s Day anecdote ending with a flirtatious exchange about future payment.
The article describes Herschel Island as the world’s most remote mission station in Canada’s far northwest with the nearest post office 2000 miles away. Packets are scarce, winters bring over two months of darkness, and the landscape lacks trees. Missionaries influence Eskimo residents toward civility and a desire for instruction amid isolation. A London census notes 40,069 unoccupied houses, about one in fifteen city dwellings.
An American captain proposes a whaling system using a harpoon on a insulated cable connected to a 10,000-volt dynamo aboard the boat to kill whales by electric shock. The report also notes museum officials discussing diamond ruby values, plant atolls, and tropical disease transmission potential.
A Liverpool family argues over summer holidays with the father demanding Douglas in the Isle of Man as the only acceptable destination. The wife prefers Cromer, while a Manchester couple fights over a twenty two year habit of a shared holiday spend. The column notes such annual disputes recur in seaside trips.
Mrs. Potter recounts a mountain sojourn mixing grand views with domestic chores. A neighbor questions the break from washing and cooking while Potter explains her duty to inspect the kitchen end, joking about a boardinghouse misadventure and mountain temptations.
A fragmentary reflection on snow crystals describing them as tiny wheels about one tenth of an inch wide with fernlike leaflets and delicate midribs. The author marvels at the air’s creative genius, imagining real stars falling and lodging on the coat as nature’s divine craftsmanship.
A garbled OCR fragment from a Philadelphia newspaper relays incoherent dialogue about a “rape lad der” and a response about not leaving it hanging, followed by stray lines about fries and rivals. Names and clear events are unreadable. content appears vandalized and nonsensical.
A garbled exchange questions existence of a thing like nervous need and a concept of howling sounds. It mentions Rivers and Brooks in a fragmented, nonsensical context with stray terms like “Nerying need” and “howling suc cons.”
A fragmented, error riddled ad parodies patent cure schemes for catarrh. It touts impossible internal remedies and boasts testimonials while weaving between crude political quips about railroads and rebates. The piece reads like a carnival of dubious claims and snatches of dialogue.
The article extols Allcocks Plaster as safe speedy and drug free manufactured on scientific medical principles. It claims no deleterious drugs and that ingredients directly aid pain renewal and function of muscles nerves and skin. The piece references historical ads and quotes from a Bible study wartime era.
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